The Ticket To Sensible Viewing

AS A mother of three children ages 2, 6 and 8, I am greatly concerned about what they watch on television -- and how much. As a family, we think we handled TV addiction very well.

First, my husband and I very seldom watch TV, and when we do it is rarely network television. We subscribe to the Disney channel and we also enjoy public television.

Because my two oldest children are out of school for the summer we are using a suggestion that I read about in Dr. James Dobson's Focus on the Family magazine. I give the two oldest children 15 ''tickets'' on Monday. Each ticket is worth 30 minutes of TV.

They give me a ticket or tickets for each show they watch. When they use them all, no more TV until the next Monday. On Sunday night if they have any left, I pay them a quarter for each ticket. They love it!

They are more selective about what they watch, they don't beg to watch TV, and they try very hard to have tickets left over so they can get paid. I'm sure other families could benefit from this idea.